What does "editing core PHP" really mean?

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    smulanen · Member ·

    Hey!

    I am thinking of getting the Custom Design-upgrade but I’m a bit stuck with this sentence: “Please note, however, that the Custom Design upgrade does not allow direct theme editing or the upload of templates or custom themes.”

    What does it actually mean? How mutch will I be able to change if I buy this upgrade?

    Thanks,
    /Johanna

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    timethief · Member ·

    It means you cannot access and edit any underlying files that define how the blog theme functions and you cannot insert any HTML. CSS editing can only be used to change appearance of free hosted WordPress.com blogs.

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    timethief · Member ·

    The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes
    This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

    If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

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